Larry Bunker – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Larry Bunker was a jazz musician who played drum kit and vibraphone. Larry Bunker was born on 4 November 1928 in Long Beach and died on 8 March 2005 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz and cool jazz.

Lawrence Benjamin Bunker (November 4, 1928 – March 8, 2005) was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the mid-1960s, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.

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Also plays on

Albums where Larry Bunker is credited as a sideman

1955	Lullabies of Birdland — Ella Fitzgerald	drums (drum set)
1955	Music for Torching — Billie Holiday	drums (drum set)
1957	Body and Soul — Billie Holiday	drums (drum set)
1958	Songs for Distingué Lovers — Billie Holiday	drums (drum set)
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald	percussion
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Volume 1 — Ella Fitzgerald	percussion
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2 — Ella Fitzgerald	percussion
1959	All or Nothing at All — Billie Holiday	drums (drum set)
1961	Ring-a-Ding Ding! — Frank Sinatra	percussion
1961	Swing Along With Me — Frank Sinatra	percussion
1966	Moonlight Sinatra — Frank Sinatra	percussion
1968	Cycles — Frank Sinatra	percussion
1972	$ (Music From the Original Motion Picture Sound Track) — Quincy Jones	percussion
1980	Trilogy: Past Present Future — Frank Sinatra	percussion
1998	Lullabies of Birdland / Sweet and Hot — Ella Fitzgerald	drums (drum set)
2023	Ella Sings the Blues — Ella Fitzgerald	drums (drum set)

Historic 78 rpm records

NIGHT AND DAY HARRY BABASON TRIO · Harry Babason · Hampton Hawes · Larry Bunker ·… · 1952 archive.org ↗
WHERE OR WHEN HARRY BABASON TRIO · Harry Babason · Hampton Hawes · Larry Bunker ·… · 1952 archive.org ↗